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grivet

N ลิง เล็กช นิดหนึ่ง มี ขนดำ เทา 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRIVET

Griv "et, n. Etym: [Cf. F. grivet. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseoviridis ), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

grivet

griv et |ˈgrivit ˈɡrɪvɪt |(also grivet monkey ) noun a common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. Compare with green monkey and vervet. [Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. aethiops of Ethiopia and Sudan, with long white cheek tufts. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French, of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

grivet

grivet |ˈgrɪvɪt |(also grivet monkey ) noun a common African guenon with greenish-brown upper parts and a black face. Compare with green monkey and vervet. Cercopithecus aethiops, family Cercopithecidae, in particular the race C. a. aethiops of Ethiopia and Sudan, with long white cheek tufts. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French, of unknown origin.